An investigation to see if the maximum push-up output can be increased, and the perceived effort of the exercise reduced, using the ‘Wim Hoff’ breathing protocol (WHBP)
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- Title
- An investigation to see if the maximum push-up output can be increased, and the perceived effort of the exercise reduced, using the ‘Wim Hoff’ breathing protocol (WHBP)
- Author(s)
- Baxter, P
- Abstract
- Background: Following acute illness, hospitalization or injury, increasing the level of physical activity should be used as a part of the recovery process. If an individual can do exercises easier and more efficiently, then they are more likely to perform them. Respiratory muscle training (RMT) offers a promise of improved exercise performance, so could be utilized as part of an osteopathic approach to rehabilitation. Objective: Investigate if the WHBP will increases participants muscle endurance compared to participants who do not partake in the breathing protocol, and will the WHBP make the perceived effort of the exercise decrease? Design: A randomized controlled experimental design. Method: 60 osteopathic students were split into three different randomly allocated groups of 20 (control. Intervention and sham groups), each group performed a push-up endurance test and recorded perceived exercise effort, pre and post intervention. Measurements were captured and analyzed with ANOVA test and Steels teat to compare the group’s performances. Results: All three groups baseline measurements were statistically similar, and the gender spilt in the groups was evenly spread, Pearson chi-squared test P= 0.62. Significant differences were found in push-ups – Kruskal-Wallis P= 0.0001, Steel’s (C – S = 0.52, I – S = 0.0001, I – S = 0.0001), indicating significant improvements in the intervention group. Significant differences were found in perceived effort – Kruskal-Wallis P= 0.02, Steel’s (C – S = 0.98, I – S = 0.03, I – S = 0.04), indicating significant improvements in the intervention group. Discussion: This study suggests that participants in the intervention group displayed significant improvements in the area of muscle endurance. Similar improvements were also experienced in the area of perceived exercise effort, by participants in the intervention group. Conclusion: The results of this current study indicates that the WHBP does have a significant effect in the areas of muscle endurance. The results also indicate that the protocol similarly has a significant effect on the patient’s perceived effort of exercise performance.
- presented at
- European School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2019
- Date Submitted
- 19.11.2019 18:30:57
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 16485
- Inst-Identifier
- 1229
- Keywords
- Breathing, Exercise, Osteopathy, Rehabilitation
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Baxter, P, “An investigation to see if the maximum push-up output can be increased, and the perceived effort of the exercise reduced, using the ‘Wim Hoff’ breathing protocol (WHBP)”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 19, 2024, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/344